Renames variables in the SAS data set specified in the MODIFY
statement.
RENAME
old-name-1=new-name-1
<...old-name-n=new-name-n>;
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- old-name=new-name
- changes the name of a variable in the data set specified
in the MODIFY statement. old-name must be a variable that already
exists in the data set. new-name, which must be a SAS name,
cannot be the name of a variable that already exists in the data set or the
name of an index.
- If old-name does not exist in the SAS data set or new-name already exists, PROC DATASETS
stops processing the RUN group
containing the RENAME statement and issues an error message.
- When you use the RENAME statement to change the name of a variable
for which there is a simple index, the statement also renames the index.
- If the variable that you are renaming is used in a composite index,
the composite index automatically references the new variable name. However,
if you attempt to rename a variable to a name that has already been used for
a composite index, you receive an error message.
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